Method and apparatus for sending downlink control information, and method and apparatus for processing downlink control information

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for sending downlink control information, and a method and apparatus for processing downlink control information. The method for sending downlink control information provided in the present application includes: determining user group-common downlink control information (group-common DCI), and the group-common DCI is used to indicate energy conservation information of at least one terminal; and sending the group-common DCI to the terminal.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for sending downlink control information, comprising:
 determining user equipment (UE) group-common downlink control information (DCI), wherein the group-common DCI is used for indicating energy conservation information of at least one UE; and 
 sending the group-common DCI to the at least one UE; 
 wherein the group-common DCI comprises the energy conservation information corresponding to M quantity of UEs or a UE group, and M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; and 
 the energy conservation information corresponding to each UE of the M quantity of UEs or each UE of the VE group comprises N bits, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; 
 wherein the energy conservation information comprises one or a combination of following contents: 
 whether to wake up to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), 
 whether to be dormant and not monitor the PDCCH; 
 whether to monitor F PDCCH time cells, wherein F is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; 
 whether to skip monitoring of G PDCCH time cells, wherein G is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; 
 whether to switch a bandwidth part (BWP), 
 whether to activate or deactivate a carrier; 
 whether to configure a dormant secondary cell; 
 whether to configure a discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter set: 
 whether to configure PDCCH decoding energy conservation information, and 
 whether to trigger at least one of reference signal sending or relevant measurement information reporting; and 
 wherein a format of the group common DCI is scrambled through at least one radio network temporary identity (RNTI). 
 
     
     
       2. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein for different UEs or UE groups, the energy conservation information is configured respectively. 
     
     
       3. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the bits are used for identifying the energy conservation information of a UE of a corresponding UE group or a corresponding UE group corresponding to the bits. 
     
     
       4. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the RNTI is a newly-defined RNTI or multiplexing of an existing RNTI. 
     
     
       5. The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the existing RNTI is a slot format indication radio network temporary identity (SFI-RNTI);
 DCI which carries the energy conservation information and is indicated by the SFI-RNTI is SFI-DCI; and 
 the SFI-DCI is indicated based on an SFI DCI reserved bit, or indicated based on a bit used by SFI. 
 
     
     
       6. A method for processing downlink control information, comprising:
 receiving user equipment (UE) group-common downlink control information (DCI); and 
 obtaining energy conservation information from the group-common DCI and performing corresponding processing according to the energy conservation information; 
 wherein the group-common DCI comprises the energy conservation information corresponding to M quantity of UEs or a UE group, and M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; and 
 the energy conservation information corresponding to each UE of the M quantity of UEs or each UE of the VE group comprises N bits, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; 
 wherein the energy conservation information comprises one or a combination of following contents: 
 whether to wake up to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), 
 whether to be dormant and not monitor the PDCCH; 
 whether to monitor F PDCCH time cells, wherein F is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; 
 whether to skip monitoring of G PDCCH time cells, wherein G is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; 
 whether to switch a bandwidth part (BWP), 
 whether to activate or deactivate a carrier; 
 whether to configure a dormant secondary cell: 
 whether to configure a discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter set: 
 whether to configure PDCCH decoding energy conservation information, and 
 whether to trigger at least one of reference signal sending or relevant measurement information reporting; and 
 wherein a format of the group-common DCI is scrambled through at least one radio network temporary identity (RNTI). 
 
     
     
       7. The method according to  claim 6 , wherein the bits are used for identifying the energy conservation information of a UE of a corresponding UE group or a corresponding UE group corresponding to the bits. 
     
     
       8. The method according to  claim 6 ,
 wherein the RNTI is a newly-defined RNTI or multiplexing of an existing RNTI. 
 
     
     
       9. The method according to  claim 8 , wherein the existing RNTI is a slot format indication radio network temporary identity (SFI-RNTI);
 DCI which carries the energy conservation information and is indicated by the SFI-RNTI is SFI-DCI; and 
 the SFI-DCI is indicated based on an SFI DCI reserved bit, or indicated based on a bit used by SFI. 
 
     
     
       10. An apparatus for sending downlink control information, comprising:
 a memory, configured to store a program instruction; and 
 a processor, configured to call the program instruction stored in the memory, and execute according to an obtained program: 
 determining user equipment (UE) group-common downlink control information (DCI), wherein the group-common DCI is used for indicating energy conservation information of at least one UE; and 
 sending the group-common DCI to the at least one UE; 
 wherein the group-common DCI comprises the energy conservation information corresponding to M quantity of UEs or a UE group, and M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; and 
 the energy conservation information corresponding to each UE of the M quantity of UEs or each UE of the VE group comprises N bits, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; 
 wherein the energy conservation information comprises one or a combination of following contents: 
 whether to wake up to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), 
 whether to be dormant and not monitor the PDCCH, 
 whether to monitor F PDCCH time cells, wherein F is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; 
 whether to skip monitoring of G PDCCH time cells, wherein G is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1: 
 whether to switch a bandwidth part (BWP), 
 whether to activate or deactivate a carrier; 
 whether to configure a dormant secondary cell; 
 whether to configure a discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter set: 
 whether to configure PDCCH decoding energy conservation information, and 
 whether to trigger at least one of reference signal sending or relevant measurement information reporting; and 
 wherein a format of the group-common DCI is scrambled through at least one radio network temporary identity (RNTI). 
 
     
     
       11. The apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein for different UEs or UE groups, the energy conservation information is configured respectively. 
     
     
       12. The apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the bits are used for identifying the energy conservation information of a UE of a corresponding UE group or a corresponding UE group corresponding to the bits. 
     
     
       13. The apparatus according to  claim 10 ,
 wherein the RNTI is a newly-defined RNTI or multiplexing of an existing RNTI. 
 
     
     
       14. An apparatus for processing downlink control information, comprising:
 a memory, configured to store a program instruction; and 
 a processor, configured to call the program instruction stored in the memory, and execute the method according to  claim 6  according to an obtained program.